Well was able take apart the vise completely. Found damage on the slide and there was some gouges on the jaws, all from a grinder. I don't know what I'm going to do about the jaws but I'll figure something out.
I've been lurking in the site for a while checking out the restorations. My sister in law likes to hit the garage sales and I asked her to keep her eyes open for a bench vise since I didn't have one yet. Well lo and behold, she found this one at the curb in her mobile home community. The guy who...